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Cult leader’s death threats over Livingstone crush
A CULT leader threatened his daughter with death after she revealed she had a crush on former mayor of London Ken Livingstone, a court heard yesterday.
Aravindan Balakrishnan, 75, known as Comrade Bala, allegedly convinced his followers that he was god-like and could read their minds, jurors heard.
He forced his followers and daughter to bend to his will by inventing a mythical entity known as Jackie who could read their thoughts and kill them, London’s Southwark Crown Court heard.
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